Defense: They were one play from posting their first shutout under Dick Jauron. It happened to be the first play of the game, when Jamaal Charles ran 80 yards with a simple inside handoff. Angered by that, the unit swarmed to the ball, inflicted pain on Peyton Hillis and made it a bad afternoon for Brady Quinn. The big lead enabled the defense to tee off on Quinn. Six players shared in five sacks and Tashaun Gipson intercepted a pass deflected by Sheldon Brown. Bottom line: Almost perfect.

Special teams: A brilliant “block” formation on a Chiefs punt – using Josh Cribbs to rush the punter and Travis Benjamin drop back to return – resulted in a 93-yard TD return by Benjamin. Cribbs almost broke another return later, but had to settle for a return of 38 yards. What a day for Phil Dawson – four touchbacks and 3-for-3 on field goals, giving him 302 in his career. Bottom line: Impactful.

Coaching: When everyone was on guard for Chiefs offensive coordinator Brian Daboll reaching into his bag of tricks, Pat Shurmur stole his thunder. Shurmur loaded up his gamplan with five pieces of trickeration – Cribbs back in the Wildcat, Little running with a pitchout, Benjamin on a double reverse, Weeden throwing from the pistol formation, and Cribbs motioning into a rush-block role on a Kansas City punt. Bottom line: Three wins in a row and five in the last eight games … very interesting.